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Wall Street climbed sharply after fresh inflation data came in below expectations, easing fears that the Federal Reserve may need to raise rates again in October. The softer reading on the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index helped lift growth-sensitive technology shares, with Apple and Alphabet among the notable gainers.
A year after a Waymo self-driving car in San Francisco killed a nine-year-old cat named KitKat, a firsthand ride in the company's robotaxi fleet offered a closer look at the promise and unease surrounding autonomous driving. The experience highlighted the convenience, polish and technical ambition of Waymo's service, while also underscoring why safety remains the defining question for the industry.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield surged to 5.23% on Friday, its highest level in nearly two decades, as investors recalibrated expectations for Federal Reserve policy and digested a wave of heavy debt issuance. While stubborn inflation and rising rate-hike odds have helped drive the move, analysts say the bigger force may be a powerful new supply of bonds from both the U.S. government and companies funding the artificial intelligence boom.
Chinese manufacturers are moving to capture a share of the U.S. artificial intelligence data center buildout, even as Washington and Beijing remain locked in a fraught strategic rivalry. With U.S. tech giants pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure, Chinese firms say demand, speed and supply-chain capacity make the American market too large to ignore.
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is rapidly reshaping the central bank's tone and communications in the first 127 days of his tenure, but his broader promise of regime change is colliding with stubborn inflation, market expectations and resistance inside the Fed. While he has moved quickly on visible procedural changes, his ability to deliver deeper policy shifts remains constrained by the economy and by colleagues who are not yet aligned with his approach.
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